Khaleda gets bail in two defamation cases
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail for six months to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in two cases filed on defamation charges.
Bangladesh’s first iron mine in Dinajpur
For the first time in Bangladesh, a magnetite (iron ore) mine has been discovered at Isabpur in Hakimpur of Dinajpur, bringing new hopes for the country’s economy.
Sohel Taj’s nephew will be traced: Home Minister
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said the nephew missing of former state minister for home Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj would be traced no matter where might be.
Banks have enough money but none for looting: PM
Ruling out the claims of liquidity crisis in the banking sector, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that there was enough money in the banks but no money for looting.
5th phase upazila polls today
The 5th phase of the staggered upazila parishad elections will be held in 23 upazilas today amid boycott by almost all the opposition political parties.
Tk 15,166.18cr supplementary budget passed
The Jatiya Sangsad on Monday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 15,166.18 crore for the 2018-19 fiscal year to meet the increased expenditures under different ministries and divisions.
Family seeks PM’s intervention in film-maker going missing
The family said on Monday that film-maker Syed Iftekhar Alam Sourav was called by Rapid Action Battalion members to meet them with his passport, curriculum vitae and other documents for a job and went missing after going to meet them in front of a Chattogram market on June 9.
Action plan sought from DCs of Munshiganj, Narayanganj
National River Conservation Commission has instructed district administrations of Munshiganj and Narayanganj to send time-bound action plans for evicting grabbers from the Meghna, Sitalakhya and Dhaleswari and ensure close monitoring of their drives.
Former Sonagazi OC Moazzem to be produced before CCT in afternoon
Former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station Moazzem Hossain, who was arrested on Sunday following an arrest warrant issued by a Dhaka court, will be produced before Dhaka Cyber Crimes Tribunal at 2:00pm on Monday, June 17.
No end of drug menace in sight
The death toll in the countrywide anti-drug drive over the last 13 months has crossed 400, with four more reported extrajudicial killings in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla on Sunday, with no end of the menace in sight.
